The Prestige Movie Ending... Explained 

Knowing bale, he probably thought about it

@@hotwing38 As if you know him personally. Lol

hotwing38 seriously, the guy is a hardcore method actor! And god forbid you mess up a take he’s in!

ahahah oh my god you made my day XD

Shubham Dabolkar have you not seen “The Fighter”? That’s not CGI making home look skinny. He really dropped the weight to play that role.

Then why did she killed herself?

@@tronalddump6768 because she didn't know the exact truth of it.

I thought he told her the truth and she just couldn't handle it

@@alisterfolson nah if he told her the truth it would've been easy to handle she'd know that the real man she loves always loves and loved her

​@@bobdob6293 after re-watched it, you will understand Borden's ideal as the best magician: never reveal your trick. When he revealed catching the bullet trick to her, her reaction let him down. So even when he and his twin brother performed the transported man (which was his most precious trick), they have determined not to reveal this to anyone, even to the their loved ones.

With Alfred and Black Widow

That was the first thought that came to my mind when I first watched it

With Deadpool directing

lmfaooo i never realised

Incorporated...you will have to decide soon what team you are working for: Marvel? DC? Disney? Sony? No such thing as freedom of choice

Bruh how’d you not know that that was David Bowie

I watched and thought, huh, that guy has different coloured eyes / different coloured pupils, just like David Bowie did, but I still didn't know it was him lol

@christian miller yep Bowie was very convincing in Labyrinth I thought he had to be real as Jareth when I was a kid. Lol. Great actor.

@robert punu better than Einstein you must be kidding

@Billy West Right? You can't hide Bowie from me no matter how hard you try.

His best

He likes to that, a dream inside a dream inside a dream.

Or, was it a twist? Maybe it was right in front of our eyes

Samuel L ThAts the last line right? That always make we yell what does that mean? Lol love the movie

Adam R that’s what I was going for. It’s so awesome

And that there was even a tank! Every time he did it must look as though Borden put the tank there.

@@charleneking7262 what?

so was can assume he was deaf to then? cuz I'm pretty sure he'd hear the guy struggling lol

Wait, there are people who are confused about that aspect? Jeez, how stupid!

Mind-blown

That doesn't make any sense bud.

@@369pendulum What OP is saying is that Angiers real name is Lord Caldow and that he did not want to embarrass the family name so he changed it to his fake name Robert Angier. Not sure if it is true or not but its a good theory and makes sense if you think about it.

Jenuine Amazing The movie makes it clear that he cloned himself, dozens of times. You can’t make up theories that are hinted at in the movie.

your profile pic: "could u pay me in advance?"

@@aidinsarvan5245 🤣

hes was lord crawford the whole time?

kgtgks exactly. Read through all the comments. You will learn soo much

@@369yew No he wasn't. He was THE GREAT DANTOOOOOONNNNN!!

Yeah so this is either a plot hole, or the actual evidence that angier didn’t need to kill all his double and that maybe there weren’t any double at all

But it's not quite the same. Angier pretends because he loves magic. That's all. He is pretending. He probably even goes home from time to time. He becomes obsessed when his wife dies at creating (or duplicate) one last and great illusion to trap Borden because he blames him for her death. The purpose of the Chinese magician was the greatest illusion of the 'Borden' twins shared life, not really even their Transported Man act. They are way beyond pretending. They're are living it--they NEVER stop when they are not alone. NO ONE but them knows they are two men, not doubles, but twins! Anyone will speculate at some point that it must be double, even Angier says that's easy--they were able to find one for him pretty quickly. But the secret and sacrifice of sharing an entire life, equally, for the prestige of THAT illusion. And living in a world of magic sharing the experience as equally as possible. They weren't hurting anyone. It unravels when one of them misses sharing the details of that knot situation w/Angier's wife and them falling in love. There is no way they could share the love of the woman each fell in love with.

I think this is his intention all along, LOL

Bro angier cud have created his double and he cud have done the same thing which he did with his look alike root instead of dying everytime in the water tub

@@hrpproductions53 But angier was self-centered. He dumped a successful trick just because he had to be under the stage for finale.

@@musthavechannel5262 bro but in this case both are angiers, conscious angiers

@@hrpproductions53 Angier didn't want to make the sacrifice of leading a double/half life like Borden, so ultimately his downfall was selfishness and egotism, as opposed to Borden's total commitment to his craft.

You, my good sir, are the real magician and Nolan of this video's comments LOL

@@THEcucufate fucking butler :) Joker should have killed him

Did Cutter knew Borden had a twin brother?

Darn, couldn't have summed it up better. I absolutely loved the inclusion of that theme.

There is also the fact that Angier has a ton of money that Borden doesn't. He can afford fancy contraptions whereas Borden is just barely making a living off of his magic.

No shit captain obvious

Brandon S It feels like you describe Tesla when you talk about Borden, and Edison when you describe Angier. Maybe the whole movie is about this, the battle between these two magic scientist.

I was still hoping that, angi had another clone of his , Living and hidden somewhere

What was it?

@@Zejakov Didn't you watch the video?

@@Zejakov angier apparently lives on but Nolan said no Wolverine, Batman is still my favorite superhero.

@@ivespoken8902 If you watch the final seconds of the film, Angier does live on. He is in the Water Tank holding his breath' you can see air bubbles above his head.

Deuces 😂😂😂

Aaaah shit here we go again

lame

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Facts, i ain't with it.

Great point. Very few reviews pick up on this symmetry.

IMHO behind interstellar

@@micdoses1 yea interstellar is my fav movie also

Definitely the ultimate foreshadowing

Wow, I hadn't noticed that.

Wow you explained that in a few sentences what this guy tried to hard to do in 17 minutes and a youtube video later.... sometimes it doesn’t take an evaluation and deep analysis...

This movie is brilliant

@@kevinp665 but wait--- there is a second level... Nolan ALSO uses the characters and stories to "warn us" as an audience, what he does... he prepares the trick, the "pledge" setting up the magician's feud, the one up man ship, the quest to discover HOW the respective other does his trick... then WHAM... the turn, he smashes the mystery, reveals it all to us, shows the nasty truth that it's all just smoke and mirrors and a scifi machine cloning people leaving hundreds dead for a show... we stand there gaping like the audience, asking "was that all"... and THEN he puts in the prestige, the reveal, the small flourish at the end... a tiny bit of doubt, a question "or is it??" and we are back to musing and speculating and searching for the hidden angle we never saw... ;-) doing the movie magic FOR Nolan...

Huh. Never looked at it as such. I do admit, I like this interpretation.

I was thinking the same, but maybe you're wrong. Tesla didn't knew his machine works until Angier came and found a pile of his clone hats. Then told Tesla about it.

Wow! Never even thought about that. But it makes sense when i think about it. Makes the movie even better.

You're over thinking it, Borden gave the code TESLA because Tesla at that time was a pioneer and inventing new things with electricity so Angier would easily believe Tesla is the clue to his trick. Watch the movie again Borden does say in his diary that he tricked Angier into going to America and not finding anything. No Borden didn't clone himself, Tesla only started building the machine when Angier visited and didn't even know it worked.

Interesting

A twisted twist by the twister

I vote for money

To some, legacy is greater than money

@@DwayneHicks426 but what about the cost

Dude is insane. What do you expect, a rational decision?

Did you just place quantum in there to sound smart lmfao

Just like how we don't want to know how the burger gets made we just want to eat it.

@@scottholbrey5659 Just like how we know world create and how world changed constantly, but we don't know why we live in this world....

@@FALL-LAFF-7477 we're trying to figure it out but are we really trying our hardest? do we really want to know why we're here or do we like the wonder?

I don't care about Angier dying but why kill the bird 😭😭😭

@@FALL-LAFF-7477 the creation is the creator, you are a sense organ for the creation.

So you're saying he didn't reappear when Borden went down below the stage? That makes sense, because I was wondering how he was convicted of murder if Angier was in the balcony, I guess I missed that part

If the clone survives then why would he have the memories of drowning

pay close attention to the cat when they test it. it reveals something

@@henrytownshend8862 that’s the only way it could have the memory the real him would have never drowned right?

@@shannonbright9942 it’s an old movie feel free to just state what you think it reveals

He's not killing his double though. He's killing himself and letting his double go as him.

@@GriFFonRec4 thank you for having a brain

you're stupid jersey

If you think about it, after preforming the act over and over and over again, to him, he’s been very very lucky and has always been the one that survived, and he knows one of these days he’s going to be the one that drowns.

@@patricgmuer2988 I think he was trying to fool himself with that "I never knew which one I'd be, the man on the balcony or the man in the tank" line. I think he knew full well that "he" would drop into that tank, he just didn't really know if "he" would feel like he was "transported" to the balcony or not, where "his" consciousness would "go". He surely suspected (by watching his first double's reaction before being shot) that the person on the balcony would think he'd been transported, but that would just be a "double". I agree with the narrator here - Angier did this trick every night in order to frame Borden and also prove to him that he's the better magician, and it was worth it to him to drown every night. But that first night must have been difficult. Pretty much certain that "you" will die a horrible death, and "another you" will be taking the bows on the balcony.

But even Angier says a double is too easy. It's more than that. People will naturally first suspect there's two, but not twins!! For Borden the clue's in the bird trick, the little boy asks 'but where's his brother?' and the old Chinese Magician, where the trick is that NOONE can know he is old, because there's one trick ONLY THE MAGICIAN KNOWS THE TRUTH. So only the twins know their twins (not a double).

yeah Angler even said that was not his real name in the movie because he did not want to embarrass his family.

@@davelanger family?

@@369yew He was rich, his family were huge deals. You can see how rich his family was at the end of the movie, in that huge mansion.

@@davelanger true

@@369yew yeah he said earlier in the movie he changed his last name to prevent his family from being embarrassed.

Interesting thought.

Cutter called him a wizard, someone who can actually do what magicians pretend to do.

cutter is actually the only one who knows the truth of both parties.....so he is the true villain

Ronnie Mitchell yeah he is the magician he used both of them for his grand magic (which is the film) and we are the audience. we are tricked by him.

Lukas Lakas touche...touche...

Tesla's clone may be ?

He drowned himself over the guilt of his wife. After his wife died he tried to drown himself in the bathroom sink...Cutter told him it was like going home to help him deal with the way his wife died. He somewhat felt closer to her dying the way she did...and I wonder about why he didn't reappear at the end of the trick as well...did he hear Borden yelling and knew he couldn't come out???

He had no need to drown his clones, they could've just been doing double roles every night like his original double, but Angier wanted to see Borden lose. Along with that, he also wanted Borden to pay for the death of his wife. He tried to shoot Borden earlier in the movie and that didn't work out, but nevertheless, he still wanted Borden dead. So I believe the killing of his clones was just a non-stop plan in motion to ultimately bait Borden in and get him sentenced to death.

He knew drowning was not a peaceful death. Angier attempted to drown himself in a sink to see what his wife felt like in her final moments. During her funeral you could see his face processing the rage at the lies Michael Caine was telling about "going home" because Angier knew it was a terrible way to die.

@@GeekyNerdThao93 this. He does the trick only (I forget the number) times to make sure Borden will be compelled to come snooping.

@@GeekyNerdThao93 He never thought of keeping a double alive because of his experience with hiring a double and he got the upper hand. You can see this when he first cloned himself he had to shoot the double. But then he wanted to frame Borden for killing himself as revenge, that's why he said he wanted to put 100 shows so that Borden can't ignore. He chose the water tank to drown because Cutter said it is like going home, you can see his face turns into regret when Cutter reveals that he lied and it was agony.

Because he himself had no idea that the things were getting cloned. While moving out of his lab Angier first noticed the cat being duplicated

Muhammad Hendry that would be the same as printing more money. The more gold in circulation, the less each unit is worth

@Guy Mcface - I'd say no, he wouldn't, given that he warned Angier that the machine was dangerous and that he shouldn't use it. Perhaps you forgot that part of the film. Tesla believed that nothing good could come from the machine and he was right.

@@UnlistedAccount1 not if you are the only one printing money and nobody knew about it.

interstellar boi

@@meesush2312 hell no memento and prestige are his best ones interstellar is actually one of his sloppier ones that third act smh

eating sugar no papa fax interstellar Is the best movie of all time

No because he was switching between his fallon and borden personas SO much he genuinely didnt know which persona tied the knot. Because they were both borden and Fallon.

Great point about the meta story.

OMG same here. Lol

ABRA = Alfred Borden Robert Angier

right and did they sleep with each others wives...and maybe the wife suspected it and thats why she died?

Tesla give him time machine. Back to past, take young Borden, and copy him with Angier machine in the future. Foila young Borden got twin brother.

They were original twins, believe me because Borden always believed in dedication and sacrifice and he never would do that using a simple machine, it's just a trick deviced by Nolan for distraction. The real massage in the characters of the two magicians and their views on the magic.

@@sayantandas1164 That still does not mean Borden did not use the "Tesla-machine" (quite the opposite actually!). They can be twins born out of the "Tesla-machine", but UNLIKE ANGIERS, Borden did not kill his clone - they DECIDED to live the part of "real-life" twins, simply because Borden ISN'T LIKE ANGIERS. He believes in giving his clone a REAL-LIFE (by SACRIFICING A PART OF HIS OWN). That is also a "true-life" sacrifice - just from another (let's say) - point of view. Angiers doesn't believe in that total commitment - he believes only in himself and he KILLS his "clones". That is JUST ANOTHER EXPLANATION! :D There is one fact, though! - i.e: Borden and Fallon do not share the same characters' traits - for example: they fall in love with different women - ergo: they possess different tastes, fantasies & personal preferences (JUST LIKE REAL-LIFE TWINS WOULD HAVE!) but that ALSO is explained by Tesla himself in the movie - his machine doesn't "work perfectly" - it doesn't create 100% EXACT "replicas" - maybe only their physical traits are a "perfect match" - characters (what renders the human being UNIQUE) - are another story. Tesla's "miracolous-machine" cannot replicate human BEHAVIOURS or..."tastes & preferences" and even Tesla doesn't know how his machine TRULY works (which he admits in the movie, afterall) - hence the slight character differences. Alltogether considered - we are not really sure even of that! :) FOR ME - the true difference between Borden and Angiers is that the first regards his clone as a REAL "TWIN" (ergo: a HUMAN BEING) - Angiers sees only danger in giving him a real-life chance - his "tricks", his "stage-secrets" and - most of all! - his OWN "STAGE-GLORY" and FAME as a performer on the stage - he feels all that would be under threat - he sees his clones not as "twins" or even human beings - just COMPETITION! ...so he KILLS THEM ALL. For me that is the main (and even deeper, not to mention MUCH SIMPLIER) difference between Angiers and Borden. Angiers is (basically) a selfish sociopath, if not psychopath. Borden VALUES LIFE - even the one that has been just "cloned". That is just a perspective very common in many Sci-Fi movies. PS. ANYWAY! It's nice to have a small ..."chat about logics" with someone who likes to "pick up the glove"! :) Best regards & HAVE FUN! (...though not TOO much fun, if possible!...) ;)

@@2serveand2protect Yeah, I understand and appreciate your point of view, it's really possible and may be true but for me the real events of the story or, rather how I want to view the story is what I had mentioned earlier. Using a clone machine to replicate a clone is quite simplification of the story which is not familiar in Nolan's narrative. Now why we like Borden a little more than Angier when they seem to be the same Vindictive? It's because Borden believes in the true illusion and tricks of magic which he wants to achieve by dedication, on another hand Angier despite being a good magician always follows jealousy which brought all the fetal incidence. Now what you said could really be possible but as I have mentioned Bordan believes in purity he wouldn't do a beforehand trick which is unnatural for him. He simply didn't know what was coming so he couldn't plan a trick like that but again it could be an accident also so it's an open debate and I would happy if they were real twins.😊

@@sayantandas1164 Have a nice day! ;)

@@2serveand2protect you too:-)

And his wife Sarah Borden would also still be alive. the fact he was so dedicated to his craft (like Chung Ling Soo) that he did not reveal the secret to even his wife, which led her to kill herself.

He also thought he would find peace as he was told “It was like going home” which he later found to be a lie.

The duplicate is always the one who comes out of the machine. So he is always killing himself when he steps into the machine.

@@davelanger if one man steps into a machine and two emerge with identical memories, experiences, personalities, how can you tell which is the duplicate and which is the original? Yes he is killing himself every night, but the Angier that appears afterwards is just as much Angier as the original

So you think the bloody machine actually worked?

@@kundan4176 Exactly! You can't just clone yourself with some crappy lightning! Tesla fooled him with buying the exact copy of hats and cats. He also realized it and used his 5 or 6 doubled as it's said in the film that it was limited and it was his last show and thats why he killed his double. Also in the movie Cutter said that it was an ordinary box. He did this to show Bordan.

Well said. It also would be consistent since the Freddy twin was more generally more aggressive and risk prone than Al. He would've been the one who failed to heed Cutter's warning to Borden about using that knot on Julia. It's such a phenomenal bit of writing, directing and acting in that scene where Freddy ties the single. He asks her with a look and she ever so slightly nods her encouragement. Still even with that ambiguity, trying it that way after the warning was reckless as hell. I mean if you want to prove the point you don't have to try it literally during the performance when it's literally the most dangerous timing, freaking artists lol that's some good shit.

When he said it, I was thinking like plz god, keep him alive!

f you harry potter lol

...and I'm ALFIE!!

And I...............am .......Iron man.. *snap*

Yeah don't forget Jonathan, his bro

Hmm, I don’t really understand.. do you mean that when Angier stands on the platform (with lightning) for the first time, the real Angier is transported to the cabinet and the clone takes his place on the platform?

@@EmmaTheSwede The original Angier dies and the clone is transported. This is shown when the hat was tested. Remember all the multiple duplicate hats that Angier found outside? So that concludes the duplicates were transported. So the original Angier died long after the first show.

@@alexitorico6686 You wouldn't possibly know if the duplicated hat were transported, or the original hat were transported. As long as either one gets transported, one will remain and the other will pile up.

Theres a scene early on where Tesla is in London that both Borden and Angier are at. Thats where Borden gets the idea to send Angier on a wild goose chase

How we sure the Original Angier wasnt the 1st to be killed?

@@KortovElphame Very good question, I bet he was, though we are not really meant to know the answer I think.

@@-DigitalExcel go see the mqlovie again you will understand what im saying